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David Ortiz, Barack Obama and Samsung Walk Into a Selfie

Full disclosure: I’m really only posting this for the potential SEO opportunity. I mean, really, Samsung already admitted they set Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz up with a Galaxy Note 3 smartphone with hopes he will take a selfie like the one below:

A little background: The Boston Red Sox are the defending World Series champs. So, like all major league champions, the Red Sox got an invite to come to The White House to meet the president. That trip was Monday, a day after the Red Sox opened the 2014 Major League Baseball season in Baltimore with a loss to the host Orioles.

The White House is up in arms over Big Papi’s selfie. Something about President Barack Obama’s image not permitted for use in a commercial campaign. But hey, President Obama has become a poster child for selfies since Nelson Mandela’s funeral. So why wouldn’t it make sense for Ortiz to want a selfie with Presidnet Obama?

Ortiz is kinda like that high school kid who gets caught by a teacher tagging a bathroom stall, gets sent home by the principal, and avoids a school suspension because he’s the captain of the team, and they’re bringing home a championship.